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Born in Algeria
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Period: to
YSL
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Left for Paris to attend Secondary School.
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Began working under Christian Dior at his fashion house.
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Wins first prize in the International Wool Secretariat contest for his cocktail dress design
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Dior dies, leaving Saint Laurent in charge of the House of Dior
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Launches the Ligne Trapéze, winning him a Nieman Marcus Oscar, for the house of Dior
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after completing National Service, Yves Saint Laurent set up his own fashion house with Pierre Bergé
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introduced le smoking - his legendary smoking suit
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YSL introduces see through blouses to his collection
The first designer to do this! -
advertising campaign launches for the first YSL men’s fragrance, ‘Pour Homme’ which featured Yves himself posing nude
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Saint Laurent receives the International Award of the Council of Fashion Designers of America
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showed his last ready-to-wear collection for the Rive Gauche label he had founded more than 30 years before
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Tom Ford takes control of the House of YSL
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YSL's last Haute Coture Show
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Stefano Pilati takes over YSL as head designer.
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Yves Saint Laurent dies of Brain Cancer at his home.
